Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship
For Faculty
At the Nelson Center, we’re proud to support Brown faculty exploring entrepreneurship — whether you’re integrating it into your teaching, collaborating with student ventures, or launching your own. Explore opportunities to connect, create, and stay in the loop.
For Faculty
At the Nelson Center, we’re proud to support Brown faculty exploring entrepreneurship — whether you’re integrating it into your teaching, collaborating with student ventures, or launching your own. Explore opportunities to connect, create, and stay in the loop.
Opportunities to Engage
Faculty Entrepreneur Connect
Faculty Entrepreneur Connect (FEC) is a monthly gathering that brings together faculty, post-docs, and grad students interested in translational entrepreneurship, research commercialization, and innovation at Brown. Co-hosted by Brown Technology Innovations, Advance RI-CTR, and the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship, these sessions are a space for open conversation, cross-disciplinary collaboration, and inspiration.
Get Involved
If you’re interested in joining us, we’d love to have you! FEC sessions take place monthly during the academic year in the Liz Lange Lecture Hall (2nd Floor of the Nelson Center for Entrepreneurship at 1 Euclid Ave). Graduate students, post-docs, and faculty are especially encouraged, though we welcome anyone with an interest in translational entrepreneurship.
To join the email list, please contact Melissa Simon at melissa_j_simon@brown.edu
Collaborate with Student Ventures
Looking to apply your expertise in a new way? Faculty can support student ventures as mentors, advisors, or research collaborators. Your knowledge can help shape the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Supporting Faculty in Entrepreneurship
Pursuing your own venture or research with commercial potential? We’re here to help.
We partner closely with Brown Technology Innovations, Brown’s technology transfer office, to support faculty innovators at every stage — from IP protection to licensing and launching.
Visit Brown Technology Innovations
You can also explore resources like local incubators, accelerators, and startup funding opportunities.
Nucleate is a student-led organization that empowers graduate students to launch biotech ventures by providing mentorship, resources, and a global network of industry connections.
The NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) is a seven-week experiential training program that prepares scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the university laboratory.
Located at Ocean State Labs in Providence, this 30,000‑sq. ft. incubator supports up to 30 biotech startups, providing lab and co-working space, cutting-edge technology, and connections to local research universities. Portal is helping Rhode Island innovators scale their ventures to improve health outcomes.